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   Chapter 601 598 [Civilization]

  Brothers Xiang Yuanbian and Xiang Dushou followed the female official into the Forbidden City.

   Instead of passing through the three main halls, they went around to the Royal Library on the east side of the Qianqing Palace.

  The hall where they face saints is not big. The emperor is resting today and is sitting there reading a collection of books shipped from Beijing some time ago.

   Seeing a man sitting in the hall, Xiang Yuanbian only felt extremely majestic, and quickly lowered his head before he could see his appearance clearly.

   "Little citizen Xiang Yuanbian (Xiang Dushou), pay homage to Your Majesty!" The two bowed side by side.

  Zhao Han raised his head and smiled, "Sit down."

  Two female officers moved the chairs, and the two brothers said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

  Zhao Han asked: "I heard that you have the authentic works of Shixian?"

  Xiang Yuanbian immediately stood up again and untied the long bag behind his back. The bag was checked by the guard, and after confirming that it was a scroll, he asked him to bring it in by himself.

  Li Xiangjun walked over, took it carefully, and slowly unfolded it in front of Zhao Han's case.

   Zhao Han's first reaction was not to admire Li Bai's calligraphy, but to look at the seals and inscriptions around him.

   densely packed, everywhere.

   Fortunately, Qianlong's inscription and seal are not there, and it looks much cleaner.

  In history, Qianlong built a pile by himself, and two emperors’ seals were particularly large. The area of ​​one of his seals was equivalent to several others. He built one when he was the emperor, and another when he was the emperor, and they were neatly arranged, crowded there for fear that others would not see them.

  At this moment, admiring Song Huizong's thin gold body and seal, Zhao Han suddenly had an urge to put his own seal on Li Bai's authentic handwriting.

   "Are you going to dedicate this painting to me?" Zhao Han raised his head and asked.

  Xiang Yuanbian stood up again, cupped his hands and said: "Such rare treasures, ordinary people dare not covet them, only the Holy Son of Heaven can get them."

Zhao Han said with a smile: "I am not a person who steals by chance, and I can't set this precedent for my descendants. If the people have treasures, they will take them for themselves. Isn't this a broken rule? Compared with Jiangshan Sheji, the authentic works of poets are nothing. "

   "Your Majesty is holy!"

   While Xiang Yuanbian was in doubt, he also admired the emperor.

  He obtained the "Shangyang Tie" a few years ago. At that time, there was a severe drought in Zhejiang, and a broken family sold it to him. When Xiang Yuanbian saw this post for the first time, greed was born in his heart, and he decided to keep it for himself no matter what. If the negotiation with the other party fails, you will have to take it down if you want to get rich or die!

  Recalling his original thoughts, and comparing the indifference of the emperor in front of him, Xiang Yuanbian was immediately filled with emotion.

   No wonder others can be emperors, but I can only rely on my family wealth to collect.

Xiang Yuanbian continued: "Your Majesty, this is not a coincidence, but a sincere contribution from the common people. Thieves have caused disasters in the Northwest, Tartars have ravaged Liaodong, famines and plagues are rampant throughout the country, and the people of the world are suffering unspeakably. That's why the Holy Son of Heaven came to the world." , Sweeping away the turbidity, the universe is fixed, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. Every time I think about this place, the common people will admire it inexplicably, and want to offer treasures and talk about respect."

   "You can talk," Zhao Han said with a smile, "Your family has a large collection of books. As a local rich family, you have been given away a lot of land, right?"

Xiang Yuanbian was startled, and then said: "Your Majesty, the common people also read the "Datong Collection" day and night, knowing that the division of land is the national policy of our new dynasty in Datong. Aristocratic and powerful families have accumulated countless lands, while poor people have no place to stand. The source of disasters and chaos in the world. Your Majesty's division of land is for the sake of the people and for the great clan. If you do not divide the land, no matter how much the rich family has, if you encounter bandits, you will die and the family will be wiped out. Although the small people are divided Tens of thousands of acres of land, but I don't hate His Majesty, but think that His Majesty is the savior of Xiaomin!"

  Zhao Han laughed loudly: "What a sharp tooth."

  Xiang Yuanbian said: "It's not just eloquence, it's sincerity."

Zhao Han thought this person was very interesting, and said with a smile, "I know your intentions, but this precedent must not be set. Firstly, the descendants may follow suit and plunder private property; secondly, there may be many lucky ones in the world. They all want to offer treasures in exchange for wealth."

  Xiang Yuanbian couldn't guess what Zhao Han was thinking, so he quickly said: "Your Majesty's words are true. The Holy Son of Heaven has a far-sighted vision beyond the reach of ordinary people."

Zhao Han thought about it carefully: "Let's do this, this year the imperial treasury has quite a surplus, so I will accept this authentic work of the Immortal Poetry for 10,000 taels. This priceless treasure, even 10,000 taels is not enough, so you can make another request. Note To live, you can’t ask for an official, you can’t ask for a title, and you can’t ask for a field.”

Xiang Yuanbian carefully looked at the emperor's expression, and felt that he was not lying to himself, so he said: "The king's order, I dare not resign. Xiaomin has a young son, who is eight years old this year, and I heard that Huangcheng Primary School is taught by great sages. The sons of the people go to this school."

   This request is very reasonable. Anyway, Huangcheng Primary School is full of children with backgrounds.

Zhao Han said: "A reminder, don't regret it. Huangcheng Primary School has an annual exam every year, and those who fall behind in their studies will be ordered to drop out of school. Your youngest son may only study for one year, and then he will be ordered to leave. School."

Xiang Yuanbian said: "Xiaomin can send his youngest son to Huangcheng Primary School to learn the teachings of sages with the prince. His ancestors have accumulated evil virtues. If he quits school after one year of study, it is because he has no talents and no blessings. I can't blame your majesty. There is no need to regret it."

   "It's a good idea," Zhao Han asked Xiang Dushou again, "Are you also here to present treasures?"

  Xiang Dushou got up quickly: "The treasures offered by Xiaomin are far inferior to the "Tie on the Balcony". It is really ridiculous and generous."

   Li Xiangjun brought this man's calligraphy and painting, but they are Su Shi's ordinary works in his later years, far inferior to Zhao Han's "Cold Food Post".

  Sun Chengze, who served in the Chongzhen Dynasty, surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, was taken to Shenyang by Dorgon, and took the real power position of a doctor in the Ministry of Officials. Dorgon was demoted to common people, and Sun Chengze was also implicated, and was beaten to death after being imprisoned.

   "Cold Food Tie" is the traitor's son, who offered it to the Datong Army, hoping to get forgiveness. At the same time, he donated hundreds of calligraphy and paintings.

   Zhao Han did not refuse, and bought Su Shi's works at the market price, and then said: "You two brothers, since you have a large collection, you think you have a lot of research on Jinshi calligraphy and painting."

  Xiang Yuanbian said: "Don't dare, I just got something."

   "Come with me." Zhao Han said.

  Zhao Han took the two brothers up to the attic and came to a room.

  Li Xiangjun stayed behind, and slowly put away the "Tie on the Balcony", admiring Li Bai's calligraphy while putting it away.

Zhao Han pointed to the oracle bones displayed in the attic, and said, "This is the carved keel that I received. A few days ago, the Henan chief envoy just sent someone to the capital, and the doctors of the Imperial Academy have not seen it yet." .Look at it, what words are engraved on it?"

  The keel bones in traditional Chinese medicine are actually wild animal fossils, and have nothing to do with the oracle bones used for divination. At this time, few people regard the oracle bones in Yin Ruins as Chinese medicinal materials.

  Zhao Han remembered that the oracle bone inscriptions were discovered in Anyang, Henan, so he asked local officials to find them.

  Anyang County belongs to the prefecture of Zhangde Prefecture at this time. The specific village where the oracle bone inscriptions are located is completely unknown to the magistrate of Anyang County. Anyang County sent 20 official messengers to search all villages in the county for several years, and finally found the oracle bone inscriptions this year.

  The ruins are already being excavated there, and this is the first batch delivered.

  Xiang Yuanbian picked up a bone, but the light was too dark to see clearly. He apologized, moved to the window, and carefully identified it under the winter sunlight.

  I can’t recognize the first character, and I don’t even think it’s a character, it’s more like the antennae of some insect—it’s actually the word “single”.

  Xiang Dushou also picked up a piece to identify. He always felt that some patterns looked like words, but it was difficult to confirm what was engraved.

  Finally, Xiang Yuanbian recognized the writing on the third oracle bone with certainty, and said pleasantly, "This is the character for Er, and what is engraved here is Er!"

  Xiang Dushou also quickly shouted: "I recognized the character Qin, and there is also a character Japanese here!"

  After some identification, Xiang Yuanbian restrained his excitement, bowed and said, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, where did you get these keel bones in Henan?"

Zhao Han said: "There is a village in Anyang County. Some people speculate that it is the old capital of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. These keels may be the tortoise shells used by the Yin and Shang for divination. You two brothers, since you have researched gold and stone, let's stay and study the oracle bones." The Yin Ruins in Anyang, Zan was excavated by local officials, Xiang Dushou, you used to preside over the excavation. Xiang Yuanbian stayed in Nanjing and studied oracle bone inscriptions with other scholars.”

   "Thank you, Your Majesty!" The two brothers were overjoyed.

  They are usually in their hometown, and they also like to collect gold and stones. Zhong Dingwen has collected a lot of rubbings, and those inscriptions are already relatively close to oracle bone inscriptions.

  The two thanked En and left, and Zhao Han walked slowly to another room.

  Since the collection of books in the Imperial City in Beijing was brought in, the concubines have found new hobbies.

  Fei Rulan, Tian Xiuying and Liu Rushi, the three of them often went to the library. Or appreciate antique calligraphy and paintings, or copy famous calligraphy, or read rare collections.

  Pan Qimei and Fei Rumei have no interest in this, so what should they do?

  At this moment, Fei Rulan and Tian Xiuying are discussing the painting techniques of famous artists in the Song Dynasty. Fei Rulan didn't like Tian Xiuying before, but the relationship has eased a lot recently, and they became acquainted after studying painting skills together.

   "Where's Liu Yin?" Zhao Han asked.

  Fei Rulan copied the painting while holding her sleeve, without raising her head, she said, "It's next door."

  Zhao Han walked over to watch the two girls painting, and after talking and laughing, he went to the next door to find Liu Rushi.

  Liu Rushi was reading, and when he saw Zhao Han coming in, he said with a smile, "Husband, the Wenyuan Pavilion in the former Ming Dynasty still has the "Old Tang Book". I have always wanted to read this book, but unfortunately I don't know who to borrow it from."

  Sometimes, we can’t blame the scholars of the Ming Dynasty for being ignorant. There are many books that can be seen everywhere in later generations, but the scholars of the Ming Dynasty can’t see them all their lives.

  For example, "Old Tang Book", which is not official history at this time, has not been circulated since the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty.

  Until the Jiajing period, Wang Yangming's student Wen Renquan accidentally discovered "Old Tang Book" while borrowing books in Suzhou. It took hundreds of years for this historical book to be rediscovered.

  Zhao Han asked: "What do you think after reading it?"

Liu Rushi said: "After reading the "Old Book of Tang", I feel that the "New Book of Tang" is making up stories, and the stories are extremely crude and absurd. But, the "Old Book of Tang" is a bit too detailed. In some places, it seems Transcribe the Tang Dynasty Emperor's Records intact."

  Zhao Han sighed: "The history of Tang Dynasty also needs to be surveyed."

  These historiographical works belong to the responsibility of a new dynasty, and Chinese civilization has continued in this way.

  Dynasty rises and falls, civilization never dies.

  (end of this chapter)